Quantitative economic history of modern Europe

Brian A’Hearn received a PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1994. He has worked at both teaching- and research-focused institutions in Germany, the US and the UK, and is currently fellow in economics at Pembroke College, University of Oxford. His areas of interest include technology, cities and regions, institutions, human capital, and living standards in modern Europe.

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On Historical Household Budgets

Paper Working Paper Series | | May 2016

The paper argues that household budgets are the best starting point for investigating a number of big questions related to the evolution of the living standards during the last two-three centuries.